On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.
On March 5, 1908, Sir Rex Harrison, the Academy Award-winning English stage and film actor, was born. Following his death on June 2, 1990, his obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
| 1770 | The Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers, taunted by a crowd of colonists, opened fire, killing five people. |
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| 1867 | An abortive Fenian uprising against English rule took place in Ireland. |
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| 1868 | The Senate was organized into a court of impeachment to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson. |
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| 1933 | The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections, enabling it to join with the Nationalists to gain a slender majority in the Reichstag. |
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| 1953 | Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died at age 73 after nearly three decades in power. |
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| 1963 | Country music singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash near Camden, Tenn., at age 30. |
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| 1970 | The nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect. |
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| 1982 | Comedian John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose at age 33. |
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| 1997 | Representatives of North Korea and South Korea met for first time in 25 years for peace talks in New York. |
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| 2001 | Vice President Dick Cheney underwent an angioplasty for a partially blocked artery. |
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| 2002 | "The Osbournes," a reality show following the life of rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his family, premiered on MTV. |
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| 2004 | Martha Stewart was convicted of obstructing justice and lying to the government about why she'd unloaded her Imclone Systems Inc. stock just before the price plummeted. |
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Current Birthdays
Actress Eva Mendes turns 36 years old today.
AP Photo/Dan Steinberg
Actor Kevin Connolly ("Entourage") turns 37 years old today.
AP Photo/Dan Steinberg
| 1922 | James Noble, Actor, turns 89 |
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| 1936 | Dean Stockwell, Actor, turns 75 |
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| 1937 | Denny Crum, Hall of Fame basketball coach, turns 74 |
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| 1948 | Eddy Grant, Rock singer, turns 63 |
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| 1954 | Marsha Warfield, Actress, comedian, turns 57 |
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| 1955 | Penn Jillette, Magician, comedian (Penn and Teller), turns 56 |
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| 1956 | Teena Marie, Singer, turns 55 |
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| 1975 | Niki Taylor, Model, turns 36 |
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| 1976 | Paul Konerko, Baseball player, turns 35 |
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Historic Birthdays
Sir Rex Harrison3/5/1908 - 6/2/1990English stage and film actor.Go to obituary »
| 82 | Gerardus Mercator 3/5/1512 - 12/2/1594
Flemish cartographer |
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| 75 | Jan van der Heyden 3/5/1637 - 3/28/1712
Dutch painter of cityscapes |
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| 74 | Giovanni Tiepolo 3/5/1696 - 3/27/1770
Italian painter |
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| 80 | Lady Augusta Gregory 3/5/1852 - 5/22/1932
Irish writer and playwright |
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| 58 | Howard Pyle 3/5/1853 - 11/9/1911
American illustrator, painter, and author |
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| 83 | Michael von Faulhaber 3/5/1869 - 6/12/1952
German cardinal and archbishop of Munich |
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| 47 | Rosa Luxemburg 3/5/1871 - 1/15/1919
German revolutionary and agitator |
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| 72 | Arthur Schendel 3/5/1874 - 9/11/1946
Dutch novelist and short-story writer |
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| 86 | Edouard Belin 3/5/1876 - 3/4/1963
French engineer and inventor |
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| 72 | Heitor Villa-Lobos 3/5/1887 - 11/17/1959
Brazilian musician and composer |
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